Shinonome, a new employee at C.F.C., a company of funeral professionals, is assigned to the Second Section, a specialized team dedicated to restoring badly damaged remains from accidents, crimes, and suicides. Five morticians, each carrying their own profound grief, devote themselves fully to returning the deceased to a semblance of their former appearance. Confronting death day after day, asking why lives were taken and how survivors can carry on, the team slowly discovers a faint light by which to live tomorrow.

"No matter how hard you think, no matter how hard you search, you will never find the reason a person died."

One summer night, college student Wakaume is called out to on his way home from a test of courage with friends. "Long time no see, Ume-chan" — it was the voice of his first love Koume, who was supposed to be dead, now inhabiting the body of his friend. Working part-time jobs, attending summer festivals, going on dates — Wakaume and Koume fulfill one small wish after another, as if making up for lost time. Knowing she must eventually return the body, yet unable to stop... The miracle born from a simple wish of "I want to see you again" is not just one. A pure time-limit love story.

"I wonder how long I can borrow this body."